Researching informal education

Factorial correspondence analysis and smallest space analysis are applied to an original
data set on informal education. Despite its widespread use, long history and growing importance in the postmodern era, little theoretical or cumulative research exists on informal education. Multidimensional data analysis techniques are applied to a literature survey of research on informal education to classify and to organize the content issues and methods identified. A "structural state of the art" of recent research on informal education is presented, allowing a preliminary mapping of the field.